QUARTERLY PROGRESS REPORT - Police Reform Programme

Police Reform Programme (Phase-II)
Section-IV: Conclusion
Despite some challenges PRP components were able to achieve the majority of outcomes planned for this period.
More notably, there were several key outcomes and milestones reached during this reporting period.
The return of the Draft Police Act by MoHA for revision and the formation of a Police Committee to review the Draft
Act pave the way to restart the stalled legislative reform process. Finalisation and formal approval by the IGP of the
Bangladesh Police Strategic Plan 2012-2014 is a very significant milestone reached during the reporting period,
providing the vision and strategic direction for the Bangladesh Police for the next 3 years.
PRP, working in collaboration with the Bangladesh Police, continued to expand and improve services to the
disadvantaged and vulnerable groups. The construction of six divisional Victim Support Centers is moving forward
and the new Women Support and Investigation Division will soon have refurbished premises. The existing Victim
Support Centres in Dhaka and Rangamati are fully operational and have provided services to 151 victims during
this quarter. Six new fully constructed model thanas were handed over to the Bangladesh Police, with the
Gangachara Model Thana formally inaugurated by the IGP, and the construction of fifteen new Service Delivery
Centers is progressing.
Gender orientation and victim support workshops were held at three model thanas and two VSCs to create
awareness of gender sensitive policing and victim support sevices. Working with the local police and Community
Policing Forum members PRP organised six joint workshops on Community Policing in Bogra, Rajshahi, Natore,
Munshiganj, Gazipur and Manikganj to facilitate identification of mutual areas of cooperation between the district
police and CPFs. In addition to supporting the participation of women police in leadership and management
conference in Canada and development training in Nepal PRP achieved a first for the Bangladesh Police with the
inauguration of the very first Bangladesh Police day care center at the Rajarbagh Police Lines.
Capacity development of the Bangladesh Police was another area of focus for PRP in the 3rd quarter. During this
period 355 police officers were trained on Basic Crime Scene Management, 192 on Community Policing and model
thana services, 41 on TOT and training needs assessment, 26 on the Crime Pattern Analysis System and 20 on
computer use. Training on crime scene management was further reinforced with the distribution of posters on
forensic awareness, crime scene and evidence preservation to every police station in Bangladesh. Training needs
assessments and a review of the recruitment processes were also carried out and the Detective Training School
was refurbished. A very significant outcome was the study tour to South Africa where the delegation from MoHA
and the Bangladesh Police visited South African Police training institutions and specialised units.
The work on enhancing the capability of the Bangladesh Police has continued. PRP provided portable travel
document examination devices for border control posts and PRP-supplied Machine Readable Passport scanners,
capable of reading data from passports with data chips, were installed at the Dhaka international airport and the Hajj
camp, providing better means to detect forgeries and reducing processing time. The development of a pilot Criminal
Identification and Verification System for DMP has commenced and the pilot implementation of the Crime Patter
Analysis System in Chittagong is progressing, with the former using biometrics to identify detained persons and the
latter gathering crime incident profiling information to identify areas for targeted police response. Records and
Vehicle Management modules were installed in Police HQ in preparation for a system pilot later on this year. PRP
also procured 400 crime scene kits and digital cameras for police stations to enhance crime scene management.
Some challenges were encountered during this quarter, hampering implementation of certain activities. A common
issue was scheduling and availability of participants, e.g. for planned public events. Unforseen procedural and other
delays also impacted on activities such as launching of legislative reform reports, Heads of Training meeting, a
survey of police investigators and construction works at selected model thanas and VSCs.
In the 4th and final quarter of 2012, PRP will give emphasis to the completion of activities planned for the year, with
further capacity development constituting a major part of these activities. The project team will also commence the
development of the next year’s Annual Work Plan in line with the multi-year project plan.
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